May 10, 2003

North Carolina won every set and had singles wins from its #4, 5 and 6 players to lead the Tar Heels to a 4-0 win over the College of Charleston in the first round of the NCAA Women's Tennis Championship Saturday afternoon at UNC's Cone-Kenfield Tennis center.

Earlier, Clemson sophomore Julie Coin posted a match-clinching singles win and teamed with Laurence Jayet to record an 8-0 victory in doubles to lead the Tigers to a 4-1 win over Baylor.

The 19th-ranked Tigers (19-5) and the 11th-ranked Tar Heels (18-8) square off in the second round Sunday (May 11) at 1 p.m. The teams split a pair of matches earlier this year. The Tigers edged the Tar Heels, 4-3, in Clemson, and UNC swept Clemson, 4-0, in the ACC Tournament.

Dallas, Texas, sophomore Kendall Cline had a 6-1, 6-2 win at #4 singles over Maike Hartung and teamed with Aniela Mojzis to win, 8-3, at #1 doubles.

Lee Bairos won 6-0, 6-1 at #5 singles and Kendrick Bunn won 6-2, 6-0 at #6 singles. Senior Kate Pinchbeck and Bunn combined for a 8-0 triumph at #3 doubles.

Pinchbeck, ranked #13 in the nation singles, was leading Rachel Magory, 6-2, 5-2 (40-15) in #1 singles, when the match was suspended after Cline clinched the victory with her win at #6 singles.

The College of Charleston finishes the year with a 22-4 record. It was just the second loss in the last 24 matches.

Coin, a native of Amiens, France, beat Baylor senior Vida Mulec, 6-2, 6-3 to secure the fourth and deciding point for the Tigers.

The complete match results include:

NORTH CAROLINA 4, COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 1

Doubles (UNC wins the team point)
Kendall Cline and Aniela Mojzis (UNC) def. Maike Hartung and Gabriela Moreira (8-3)
Marlene Mejia and Lee Bairos (UNC) and Rachel Magory and Lauren Stewart (College of Charleston) match not completed
Kendrick Bunn and Kate Pinchbeck (UNC) def. Whitney Malina and Emily Scatuorchio (8-0)

Singles
Pinchbeck (UNC) and Magory (C of C) match not completed
Mejia (UNC) and Moreira (C of C) match not completed
Mojzis (UNC) and Malina (C of C) match not completed
Cline (UNC) def. Hartung (6-1, 6-2)
Bairos (UNC) def. Stewart (6-0, 6-1)
Bunn (UNC) def. Ashley Willis (6-2, 6-0)

CLEMSON 4, BAYLOR 1

Doubles (Clemson wins the team point)
Julie Coin and Laurence Jayet (Clemson) def. Stephanie Balzert and Vida Mulec (8-0)
Daniela Alvarez and Alix Lacelarie (Clemson) def. Izabela Mijic and Daria Potapova (8-2)
Anna Dolinska and Richele LeSaldo (Clemson) def. Barbora Blahutiakova and Alison Bradley (8-3)

Singles
Coin (Clemson) def. Mulec (6-2, 6-3)
Lacelarie (Clemson) def. Blazert (6-3, 6-2)
Alvarez (Clemson) and Potapova (Baylor) match not completed
Ioana Paun (Clemson) and Mijic (Baylor) match not completed
Jayet (Clemson) def. Blahutiakova (6-3, 6-3)
Zuzana Krchnakova (Baylor) def. Dolinska (6-1, 6-3)